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At Christmass 1631, I was, for about a fortnight, at home with my Mother at Ashford. I there found that a younger Brother of mine had, for about 3 Months, been learning to Write and Cipher, or Cast account, When I had been there a few days; I was inquisitive to know what it was, they so called. And my Brother did shew me what he had been Learning in those 3 Months. Which was the Practical part of Common Arithmetick in Numeration, Addition, Substraction, Multiplication, Division, The Rule of Three the Rule of Fellowship the Pule of False-Position, Rules of Practise and Reduction of Coins, and some other little things. Which when he had shewed me by steps, in the same method that he had learned them; and I had wrought over all the Examples which he before had done in his book; I found no difficulty to understand it, and I was very well pleased with it: and thought it ten days or a fortnight well spent. This was my first insight into Mathematicks; and all the Teaching I had. (en) |
